MARIETTA - One man indicted in September by the Washington County Grand Jury is accused of charging at a sheriff's deputy, while another was identified as a suspect in a theft by DNA evidence.
They were among 15 individuals against whom indictments were returned this week, prosecutors announced Friday.
Benjamin Hudson, 21, of Sandyville in Jackson County, W.Va., was charged with a fourth-degree felony count of assault of a peace officer after a Sept. 3 traffic stop on Ohio 7 in the Newport area, said Assistant Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings.
According to a release from the Washington County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to reports of a possible road rage incident and found Hudson and his vehicle at Byers Exxon. The release says Hudson was uncooperative, cursing at one deputy and initially providing another person's driver's license.
When a deputy noticed a collapsible baton and attempted to retrieve it, Hudson exited the vehicle, the release said.